by beating, 61, 64 sqq.;
of mourners by fire, ii. [17], [18] sq.;
after a death, [178];
by passing under a yoke, [193] sqq.
Purificatory theory of the fires of the fire-festivals, i. 329 sq., 341, ii. [16] sqq.;
more probable than the solar theory, i. 346
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) gathered at Midsummer, ii. [65]
Purra or poro, secret society in Sierra Leone, ii. [260] sq.
Puttenham, George, on the Midsummer giants, ii. [36] sq.
Pyrenees, Midsummer fires in the French, i. 193